Second G20 Sustainable Finance Working Group meeting to begin in Udaipur

Udaipur: The second Sustainable Finance Working Group (SFWG) meeting under India’s G20 Presidency will begin today at Udaipur in Rajasthan. The three-day meeting will focus on the identification of relevant policies and best practices for mobilizing sustainable finance to help ensure global growth and stability.

This is the first time for the SFWG to go beyond climate-related issues and engage in dialogue for enabling enhanced financing for select  sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) primarily through nature-related data and reporting and social impact investing.

On the sidelines of the meeting, two workshops will also be



organized today and tomorrow. The first workshop will be on  Non-Pricing Policy Levers to support Sustainable Investment.  The second Workshop will be on enabling finance for Sustainable Development Goals.More than 90 delegates from the member countries of G20, guest countries, and different international organizations are taking part in this mega-event.

On arrival at Udaipur, the guests were accorded a traditional welcome.

The SFWG's first meeting held in Guwahati on 2nd and 3rd February this year. The third meeting will be held in Mahabalipuram and  fourth in Varanasi.